PLAT

Plat

A plat in the U.S. is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. U.S. General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bearing between section corners, sometimes including topographic or vegetation information. City, town or village plats show subdivisions into blocks with streets and alleys. Further refinement often splits blocks into individual lots, usually for the purpose of selling the described lots; this has become known as subdivision. After the filing of a plat, legal descriptions can refer to block and lot-numbers rather than portions of sections.

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plat

Noun

  1. A braid; a plait.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A plot of land; a lot.
  2. A map showing property lines, especially as a legal document.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. Abbreviation for platinum coins, a currency used in the massively multiplayer online game ''''.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. The flat or broad side of a sword.
  2. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram, map, or chart.

Verb

  1. To strike with the hand; slap.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To braid, to plait.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To create a plat, to lay out streets and building lots; to map.

Adjective

  1. Plain; flat; level.

Adverb

  1. Plainly; flatly; downright.
  2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly.


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